A number of my blog posts over the past several weeks have touched on the issues I’ve been having planning summer vacation with the Goblin King. It came to a head this weekend—his birthday falls on Mother’s Day weekend this year, he decided to take the weekend off and expectedContinue Reading
There’s one thing that you don’t really think about when you’re in a high conflict marriage and you want to get out. If you have kids chances are if you do “get out” you’ll still be stuck “in” because you’re a parent. Read my article about co-parenting with a highContinue Reading
I read a blog this week from a SAHM who was admonishing divorced mothers and step moms for blogging about their troubles. She suggested, in general, that if you don’t have something nice to say, you shouldn’t say it at all. She suggested that the potential for damaging the relationshipContinue Reading
You’ll all recall that about three weeks ago now, I wrote a blog about trying to settle the children’s summer vacation with the Goblin King. As you all know how cooperative he is, of course that went extremely well and we have the vacation planning done and settled. Yeah. Right.Continue Reading
So…more fun with my exchange e-mail from the Goblin King today. Puck, as you all know by now, has a learning disability. Recently, he convinced his dad that he was sick so that he didn’t have to do a math test. (I discovered the problem and he did do the mathContinue Reading
I’ve done it!! I’ve finally replaced all those nasty memories in my brain with enough happy memories!! The bad ones are fading!! It’s been over six years – and I feel as though now I can officially say that I’ve moved on! My wedding anniversary to my first husband isContinue Reading
Have you ever wondered what the job description for a single mother would look like? Do you think you’d have applied for the job if you’d read the job description first? Take a look at my SuperMom Job Description at DivorcedMoms.com. Live by SurpriseWant Live By Surprise in your inbox?Continue Reading
I had a completely different blog planned for today – but I had to share the latest from the Goblin King in today’s exchange e-mail. For those of you out of the loop, as the Goblin King cannot communicate effectively verbally, all of our communication about our young children isContinue Reading
I know a number of very lucky women who after divorcing or leaving their child’s father, either had him drop off the face of the planet, or who have a wonderful post-divorce relationship with their ex. Both groups are able to parent their children both with the same goal—ensuring thatContinue Reading
Feel like your sanity is on the edge as you leave your narcissist partner? Divorcing someone with a pathological personality disorder can be crazy making. You must guard your emotions and you may need to take some counter-intuitive steps to come out the other side with your dignity intact. With someContinue Reading
